Chair.



UN TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

criAnLns s. BEEBE, on menus, Wisconsin;

. SPECIFICATiON forming part of Letters Patent No. 650,448, dated M5 29,1960.

Application filed July 17, 1899- fSeI-ial No. 724,079. (No model.)

To e'tZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. EEEBE, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Racine, in the county of Racine and State ofW'isconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Chairs;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof.

My invention has for its main object to provide a simple economicaleasy-chair having a combined continuous seat and back readily adjustableat will by movem ent of the occupant of said chair.

A further object of my invention is to provide one or both sides of achair of the above description with a convenient shelf for books,papers, and other articles, while a still further object of saidinvention'is to provide said chair with pivotally-adjustable horizontalsupports that serve as arm or leg rests by which the occupant of thechair is aided in assuming and maintaining certain positions.

The above-enumerated objects of my invention are attained by thepeculiarities of construction and combination of parts hereinafterparticularly set forth with reference to the accompanying drawings andsubsequently claimed.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side elevation of an easy-chair embodyingall the features of my invention; Fig. 2, a transverse section of thesame, indicated by line 2 2 in the preceding figure; and Fig. 3, a planView, partly in horizontal section; the latter view being indicated bydotted lines 3 3 in the first figure.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A indicates each of a pair of frontcorner-posts of the base-frame of my improved chair. Joined to each ofthe corner-posts are rearwardly-extending side bars B O, that cross eachother and are halved together at the crossing. Braces D are utilizedbetween the side bars B C at the rear, and other braces may be employedas parts of the base-frame wherever it is desirable or necessary tostiffen the same. The uppermost rear ends of the base-frame side bars Bare curved and with the forward upper portions of the other side bars 0of said frame constitute bearings for rockers E, that serve as the sidesof a continuous seat and back frame. These rockers are guided incorresponding notches in the inner sides of the posts A aforesaid, andthey are also guided and held against displacement at the rear of thechair by means in connection with the side bars B of said base frame. AAs herein shown, notched outside shelves F, joined to the frontcorner-posts Aand the side bars B of the base-frame, constitute the reargiiides for the rockers E, each shelf, a rail G, and connecting-spindlesH forming a rack for books, papers, and other matter.

Each front corner-post is provided with a vertical socket for apivot-pin I, depending from the broad end of what is herein shown infull lines as a tapering horizontal flat arm J, the extremities and onelongitudinal edge of the arm being at right angles; but it is practicalto have the arms of the form shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3. The armsare pivotally adjustable to serve as supports for arms or-legs of theoccupant of the chair.

The rocker sides of the continuous seat and back frame of the chairbeing loose in front and rear guides, an occupant of said chairmay withthe aid'of his feet upon an adjacent floor or other resistance readilychange position at will to suit personal comfort or convenience. Thepivotally-adj ustable horizontal supports J I are necessary to aid thechair occupant in assuming and maintaining certain positions, they beingutilized as arm or leg rests.

Having thus described my invention, what Patent, is-= 1. A chair havinga base-frame comprising a pair of front corner-posts, crossed side barsextending rearward from each corner-post, the upper rear end of one ofthese bars being curved, and a rear brace between each pair of sidebars, guides in conjunction with the base-frame, and a combined seat andback frame the sides of which have the form of rockers arranged in saidguides to slide on the upper ends of the base-frame side bars.

2. A chair having a base comprising a pair of notched frontcorner-posts, a pair of crossed side bars extending rearward from eachcorner-post, a combined seat and back embody- 'I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters ing rockers that rest upon said side barsand engage the corner-post notches, and 'rear guides for said rockers.

3. A chair having a base comprising a pair of notched frontcorner-posts,a pair of crossed side bars extending rearward from eachcorner-post, a combined seat and back embodying rockers that rest uponsaid side liars and engage the corner-post notches, and notched sideshelves in connection with said base'constituting rear guides for saidrockers.

4. A chair having a base-frame comprising a pair of front corner-postsprovided at their upper ends with vertical sockets, crossed side barsextending rearward. from the cornerposts, the upper end of oneo'f'the'se bars be ing curved, a rear brace between each pairo'f theside bars, guides in conjunction with the baseirame, a continuous seatand back hav-'; ing the sides of its frame in the form of rock ersarranged in said guides to slide on the horizontalsupp-orts havingdepending pivots engaging the sockets in said front cornerpost of thebase-frame, said continuous seat and back being readily adjustable atwill by movement on the part of the occupant of the chair to varyposition with reference to comfort or convenience, thepivotally-adjustable supports serving as rests bywhich said occupant ofthe chair is aided in assuming and maintaining certain positions. Intestimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, atRacine, in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin, in tnepresenceof twdwitnesses.

CHARLES S. BEEBE.

Witnesses:

M. G. BEEBE,

upper ends of the base-frame side bars, and

II. J. ROGERS;

